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Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries

  • 1922 first published
  • 1,072 pages
  • 43 editions

Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries is a 1922 gothic fiction and horror novel by Barrett Harper Clark, Barrett H. Clark and Maxim Lieber. It deals with crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.

43 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 43 editions.

It runs to roughly 1,072 pages — 19–20 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries

The two brothers (Anpu and Bata) / Anonymous -- Setna and the magic book / Anonymous -- Eumæus' : talk / Homer -- The country mouse and the town mouse / Æsop -- King Rhampsinitus and the thief / Herodotus -- Phineus and the harpies / Apollonius of Rhodes -- The robbers of Egypt / Heliodorus -- Horatius at the bridge / Livy -- Orpheus and the Eurydice / Ovid -- The shipwreck of Simonides / Phædrus -- The matron of Ephesus / Petronius -- The haunted house / Pliny the Younger -- The dream / Apuleius -- The book of Ruth (Old Testament) -- The history of Susanna (The Apocrypha) -- The prodigal son (New Testament) -- The raising of Lazarus (New Testament) -- Rabbi Akiva (The Talmud) -- The Jewish mother (The Talmud) -- The ass in the lion's skin (Jataka) -- The dove and the crow (Panchatantra) -- The story of Devadatta / Somadeva -- The jackal (Hitopadesa) -- Jamshid and Zuhak / Firdawsi -- The sailor and the pearl merchant / Anonymous -- Khaled and Djaida / Al-Asmal -- Abou Hassan the wag (Thousand and one nights) -- Grendel's raid (Beowulf) -- Esyllt and Sabrina / Geoffrey of Monmouth -- The humbling of Jovinian (Gesta Romanorum) -- Lludd and Llevelys (The Mabinogion) -- Launcelot's tourney / Sir Thomas Malory -- Roberto's tale / Robert Greene -- True relation of the apparition of one Mrs.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction
  • Homicide
  • Horror
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Hyperesthesia
  • Murder
  • Crime in fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries?

Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries was written by Barrett Harper Clark, Barrett H. Clark and Maxim Lieber and first published in 1922.

What genre is Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.

How long is Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries?

The median edition has 1,072 pages, about 19–20 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories], Tales of Mystery and Imagination [29 stories] and 21 Great Stories.

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